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Fig. 6

From: Bone anchoring annular suture technique for repairing annular defects at vertebral body edge following lumbar discectomy

Fig. 6

Preoperative and follow-up lumbar MRIs of the patient using bone-anchor suture technique. (A) Indicates the preoperative sagittal and axial MRIs, showing L4/5 herniation with spinal cord compression. (B) To avoid the artifact signal of spinal cord edema in immediate postoperative MRI examination, MRI re-examined at three-month follow-up indicates the spinal cord and nerve root were decompressed. (C) indicates the lumbar MRIs at one-year follow-up.

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